Category: Yellow-rumped Warbler
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-14A to Brydon Lagoon, Hi-Knoll Park & Surrey Lake, April 4, 2023
Twelve birders met at Brydon Lagoon in Langley on a crisp morning. (From left to right, Bob, Lidia, Lauris, Mike, Lee, Angela, Dottie, Grant, Lorna, John, Roger) Photo by Terry. On the small pond near the parking area were Red-winged Blackbirds, a Great Blue Heron, a Hooded Merganser and an American Coot. Brydon Lagoon had…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-13B to Deas Island Regional Park, March 29, 2023
Although it was chilly at 8:00 am on Wednesday, the sun shone the whole time, and it gradually warmed up as our group of seven made its way around Deas Island. We were Brian and Louise, Liz, Marion, Vicki, Margaretha, and Angela. Roger M. joined us briefly to make sure we found the Great Horned…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-01B to Centennial Beach, January 4, 2023
Our group this morning was a companionable twelve: Glen, Lidia, Lindy, Warren and Lynne, Richard, Colin and Stephanie, David and Noreen, myself, and Bryan who joined us on the trail. We met at 9am at Boundary Bay regional park, a comparatively late start for our walk, but appropriate to the cool winter conditions. A group…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-52B to Boundary Bay Dyke from 72nd to 64th, December 28, 2022
After weeks of winter’s wrath, the Gods of Birdwatching struck a truce with their colleagues over at the weather department and blessed our group with a partly sunny morning. There were 15 of us in total (from left to right): Dave, Lorna, Glen, Rosemary, Thea (yours truly), Mike, Noreen, Chris, Margaretha, Jim, Grant, Terry, Roger,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-45C to Port Townsend, Washington, November 10, 2022
On Thursday November 10, Thea, Rosemary, Jonathan, Lorraine, Terry, Bryan, Janet, Estelle, and Lorna plunged south in the predawn gloom on a day trip to Port Townsend in the United States. Lidia overnighted in Coupeville and met us at the Keystone Ferry Terminal, so there were 10 of us in total. The day dawned overcast…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-42A to Jericho Beach & Camosun Bog, October 18, 2022
18 DNCBers met at Jericho Beach Park in Vancouver on a smoky, but very pleasant fall day – Margaret, Noreen, Kirsten, Liz, Lynne, Lidia, Brian, Chris, Lorna, Warren, David, Mike, Louise, Lorraine, Glen, Jonathan, Lori and Terry. The city was barely visible in the smoke. In the bay were several huge cargo ships, a swimmer,…
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DNCB Outing No. 40B to Burnaby Lake, October 5, 2022
Another aberrantly warm October morning dawned on Vancouver, enticing 13 birders to the ever-popular Burnaby Lake Regional Park: Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Jacquie, Kirsten, Lee, Margaret, Marion, Stephanie, and Thea and her guest, Catherine. Here, a 12,000-year-old glacial lake sprawls across 770 acres of land that, together with the surrounding deciduous and fir forests,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-40A to Burnaby Lake, October 4, 2022
After battling heavy traffic on another gorgeous morning, 13 DNCBers met at Burnaby Lake – David, Noreen, Lidia, Lori, Pat, Chris, Dottie, Bob, Nick, Lorna, Roger, Mike, and Terry. On Piper Spit were Wood Ducks, Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Canada Geese, American Coots and Long-billed Dowitchers. David identified at least one Short-billed Dowitcher by studying its…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-38A to Iona Beach Regional Park, September 20, 2022
Six DNCBers met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond – Kirsten, Anne, David, John, Lorna and Terry. The tunnel traffic was fairly good, but north of the tunnel the traffic was very slow. And then there was construction on Ferguson Road. A Cooper’s Hawk made a brief appearance by the parking lot. The tide…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-36B to Mt. Baker, Washington, September 7, 2022
On Wednesday, Sept 7, 14 DNS members ventured across the border to our turbulent southern neighbour, risking surprise COVID tests, grumpy border guards, and distended bladders to scour the Washington wilderness for birds. By the end of the day—after circumventing lakes, tramping through forests, and skirting precipitous mountain slopes—we had accumulated a record-breaking number of…
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